Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 3.1.1

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वाग्भाभिर्ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्म भाति स्वप्न इवात्मनि ।
यदिदंतत्स्वशब्दोत्थैर्यो यद्वेत्ति स वेत्ति तत् ॥ १ ॥

vāgbhābhirbrahmavidbrahma bhāti svapna ivātmani |
yadidaṃtatsvaśabdotthairyo yadvetti sa vetti tat || 1 ||

It is both by means of words and lights (Vagbhabhis i. e. the words of the scripture and the lights of nature and reason, that the knower of the Great God (Brahmavid), perceives the spirit of Brahma appearing within himself as in a dream. And he also knows him as such, who understands him according to the purport of the holy text. "What this is, that is the self."
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.1.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vac, Bha, Brahmavid, Brahma, Brahman, Svapna, Svapnas, Iva, Atman, Yadi, Yad, Tat, Tad, Sva, Svan, Ashabda, Uttha, Yah, Yadva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.1.1). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “vāgbhābhirbrahmavidbrahma bhāti svapna ivātmani ”
vāg -
vāc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
bhābhir -
bhā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
brahmavid -
brahmavid (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

brahmavid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhāti -
bhāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
svapna* -
svapnas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapnas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

svapna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ātmani -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “yadidaṃtatsvaśabdotthairyo yadvetti sa vetti tat ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
dan -
dā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sva -
sū (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

sū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

so (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
aśabdo -
aśabda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśabda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśabdā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
utthair -
uttha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

uttha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yadve -
yadvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tti -
tti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vetti -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]